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"Laughter is the closest distance between two people."
Victor Borge"There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt."
Erma Bombeck"Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing."
Clive James"Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time."
Steven Wright"A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life."
Hugh Sidey"If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor."
Jennifer Jones"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it."
E. B. White"Laughter is an instant vacation."
Milton Berle"You may not be able to change a situation, but with humor you can change your attitude about it."
Allen Klein"Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain."
Edward de Bono"A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road."
Henry Ward Beecher"Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious."
Peter Ustinov"Start every day off with a smile and get it over with."
W. C. Fields"Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you."
Langston Hughes"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is."
Francis Bacon"The most wasted of all days is one without laughter."
e. e. cummings"A joke's a very serious thing."
Charles Churchill"Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival."
Aung San Suu Kyi"Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else."
Will Rogers"A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way."
Allen Klein"Most comedy is based on getting a laugh at somebody else's expense. And I find that that's just a form of bullying in a major way. So I want to be an example that you can be funny and be kind, and make people laugh without hurting somebody else's feelings."
Ellen DeGeneres"It's always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's just hilarious."
Bill Hicks"It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor."
Max Eastman"Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains them."
Simon Wiesenthal"Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end."
Sid Caesar"Humor is just another defense against the universe."
Mel Brooks"I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful."
Bob Hope"If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide."
Mahatma Gandhi"When humor goes, there goes civilization."
Erma Bombeck"The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them."
Moliere"Humor is everywhere in that there's irony in just about anything a human does."
Bill Nye"I think the scariest person in the world is the person with no sense of humor."
Michael J. Fox"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is."
Horace Walpole"Humor is mankind's greatest blessing."
Mark Twain"A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles."
Mignon McLaughlin"Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven."
Mark Twain"From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere."
Dr. Seuss"Good planning is important. I've also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you're in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you're depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension."
Edmund Hillary"Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth."
Victor Borge"Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment."
Grenville Kleiser"I don't think it's possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor."
Christopher Hitchens"I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor."
Edward Albee"I realize that humor isn't for everyone. It's only for people who want to have fun, enjoy life, and feel alive."
Anne Wilson Schaef"I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person."
Audrey Hepburn"The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven."
Mark Twain"Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility."
James Thurber"The more I live, the more I think that humor is the saving sense."
Jacob Riis"I think God has a tremendous sense of humor."
Rainn Wilson"The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood."
Lou Holtz"Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile."
J. B. Priestley"There seems to be no lengths to which humorless people will not go to analyze humor. It seems to worry them."
Robert Benchley"Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding."
Agnes Repplier"Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow older, rely more and more on a sense of humor."
George Jean Nathan"There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor."
Thomas Wentworth Higginson"Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant."
Washington Irving"Humor is the affectionate communication of insight."
Leo Rosten"A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heart burn?"
Bob Hope"I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation."
W. Somerset Maugham"A laugh is a surprise. And all humor is physical. I was always athletic, so that came naturally to me."
Chevy Chase"I'm not funny. What I am is brave."
Lucille Ball"Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it."
Langston Hughes"I think in my case, I had no choice but to have a good sense of humor. I grew up with my dad, Danny Thomas, and George Burns and Bob Hope and Milton Berle and Sid Caesar and all those guys were at our house all the time and telling jokes and making each other laugh."
Marlo Thomas"I came into the 'Comedy Bang! Bang!' TV show with a level of confidence that I don't think I would've had if I hadn't been doing the podcast for three years already. I certainly had to figure out in those three years the sense of humor I wanted to do and the way to talk to celebrities without being incredibly intimidated by them."
Scott Aukerman"Today's business and health care climate may not be pleasant. Cutbacks, pay cuts and layoffs do not make anyone's job easy. But that does not mean that the humor need stop."
Allen Klein"Humor is very interesting to me. My films are not comedies, but there's comedy in them from time to time, absurdities, just like in real life."
David Lynch"I was pretty much a child of 'Monty Python.' I grew up loving that type of humor and even structured a lot of humor in the same fashion."
Michael Jai White"We are, in the comics, the last frontier of good, wholesome family humor and entertainment."
Bil Keane"The secret to humor is surprise."
Aristotle"Impropriety is the soul of wit."
W. Somerset Maugham"Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks; they are the summits of ranges."
Thomas Wentworth Higginson"It's a funny old world."
Margaret Thatcher"A pun is the lowest form of humor, unless you thought of it yourself."
Doug Larson"Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully."
Max Eastman"A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke - and that the joke is oneself."
Clifton Fadiman"Laughter is involuntary. If it's funny you laugh."
Tom Lehrer"I think I was the only person in my experimental film class doing comedy. But my sense of humor and a lot of comedy that I love is quite surreal and strange, you know? You could argue that 'Monty Python' is experimental film. It just happens to be really funny."
Andy Samberg"The schizophrenic has no sense of humor. His world is a constantly daunting, unfriendly place."
Bob Newhart"I love a girl with a sense of humor. Someone who can make me laugh and that I can get along with and talk with and who is just sweet overall, inside and out."
Logan Henderson"I'm a big fan of gallows humor. When my aunt passed away, she was in a coma for a day before my cousins pulled the plug. And the amount of joking and base humor that went on that day around her bed was so insane. It's crazy how people talk when something horrible is happening."
Amanda Peet"It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must have had a sinister sense of humor, creating him a reasonable being, yet forcing him to take this ridiculous posture, and driving him with blind craving for this ridiculous performance."
D. H. Lawrence"I'm a huge fan of Steve Martin. He's hilarious, but he has this depth to him and this way of dealing with the difficult things in life with a sense of humor that I think has helped me as an actress."
Alexandra Daddario"The polls indicated that I was feisty, that I was tough, that I had a sense of humor, but they weren't quite sure if they liked me and they didn't know whether or not that I was sensitive."
Geraldine Ferraro"We're all funny. Humor unites us."
Luis Alberto Urrea"You find out in life that people really like you funny. So what do you give 'em? Humor. And then if you show them the other side, they don't like you as much. I find, too, that I can hide behind the idiot's mask being funny, and you never see the sorrow or the pain."
Terry Bradshaw"We are really living the American dream, to be a successful brand in the States and in Europe and to steep ourselves in our heritage. But we do it with a sense of humor. We don't take ourselves too seriously in fashion."
Tommy Hilfiger"I met Elton John at an Interview dinner, and we just sort of became friends. He's got such a wicked sense of humor."
Moby"I try to find humor in everything."
Bianca Del Rio"I have a very dark sense of humor. I swear. I have a very playful relationship with Jesus."
Anne Lamott"The thing that I fear discriminating against is humor and truth."
Charles Bukowski"I am often the brunt of my own humor."
Charles R. Swindoll"I'd probably describe my sense of humor as 'twisted,' I guess. It's not hard to make me laugh, especially when I'm surrounded by my close friends, especially my bandmates."
Mac DeMarco"Certainly, anyone whom I've witnessed, who has gone through something horrible and life-changing, has a sense of ironic humor, or an ability to look at the peculiarities of the world and find humor in it."
Christopher Heyerdahl"Kindness and a generous spirit go a long way. And a sense of humor. It's like medicine - very healing."
Max Irons"For me, I really love 'Tim and Eric' and 'Dr. Steve Brule' and a lot of the Adult Swim shows, so I like strange, weird, sometimes slightly upsetting humor."
Gillian Jacobs"Sometimes in the most tragic situation, something just profoundly funny happens."
David Hyde Pierce"You can't study comedy; it's within you. It's a personality. My humor is an attitude."
Don Rickles"A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself."
Jessamyn West"Our humor turns our anger into a fine art."
Mary Kay Blakely"I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it."
Frank A. Clark"Get well cards have become so humorous that if you don't get sick you're missing half the fun."
Flip Wilson"Humor does not diminish the pain - it makes the space around it get bigger."
Allen Klein"The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance."
Peter De Vries"I've got a great sense of humor, and if I'm able to say or do something in a movie that people feel like they want to repeat, that's hugely flattering."
Matthew McConaughey"Our brand of democracy is hard. But I can promise that a year from now, when I no longer hold this office, I'll be right there with you as a citizen - inspired by those voices of fairness and vision, of grit and good humor and kindness that have helped America travel so far."
Barack Obama"In building a management team, I look for integrity, loyalty, vision, and a willingness to think outside of the box, and challenge the status quo. I also look for people who have a good sense of humor and who value and empower their team."
Shari Redstone"I think God has a sense of humor, and the way my lessons come from God is very funny. I have to laugh at myself even if it's a tough lesson."
Yvette Nicole Brown"A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing."
Samuel Butler"Humor is a wonderful way to deal with our suffering because if we can laugh at our troubles, we can feel better. Thich Nhat Hanh is a special man who has helped millions with their suffering with incredible technique. But he doesn't know real suffering, because he has not dated as much as I have."
Garry Shandling"Colombian humor is very black, very sarcastic."
Barbet Schroeder"There's a charm, there's a rhythm, there's a soul to Jewish humor. When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, 'You're doing a Jewish act.'"
Alan King"Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon."
Carl Hiaasen"Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of humor wouldn't still be here."
Harry S Truman"We are not actually in charge of life, yet behave as if we are the masters of our own destiny. The realization of this fact is quite a hard one. The ridiculousness of our pomposity and presumption can only result in anger or humor."
Billy Childish"I wasn't close to my father, but I wanted to be all my life. He had a funny sense of humor, and he laughed all the time - good and loud, like I do. He was a gay Irish gentleman and very good-looking. And he wanted to be close to me, too, but we never had much time together."
Judy Garland"As a person, he was wonderful. He really was a great person. He was full of life. He had a great sense of humor. Very talented, of course, but very caring to his parents. There was a very endearing quality about Elvis."
Priscilla Presley"I love British humor. It's just so - surreal."
Beck"Wit is a weapon. Jokes are a masculine way of inflicting superiority. But humor is the pursuit of a gentle grin, usually in solitude."
Frank Muir"I'm lucky that my real-life Mom has both a great sense of humor about herself and an amazing ability to slip into complete denial if the subject matter gets a little too close to home."
Cathy Guisewite"All my humor is based on destruction and despair. If the whole world were tranquil, without disease and violence, I'd be standing in the bread line - right in back of J. Edgar Hoover."
Lenny Bruce"Humor is reason gone mad."
Groucho Marx"Humor has bailed me out of more tight situations than I can think of. If you go with your instincts and keep your humor, creativity follows. With luck, success comes, too."
Jimmy Buffett"Humor is the most engaging cowardice."
Robert Frost"Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really important, others not; and that the two kinds are most oddly jumbled in everyday affairs."
Christopher Morley"I can't live without a sense of humor. I need to be laughing and entertained at all times."
Carlos Ponce"Whenever you're talking about using humor in politics or in a policy speech or in a serious moment, you're talking about using it as a tool to engage people. That's why putting a joke in a political speech is a luxury, and it is always a risk."
Jon Lovett"I am attracted to intelligence, a witty sense of humor, an adventurous outlook on life and spiritual awareness about one's self and the world."
Tanit Phoenix"It's good to be able to laugh at yourself and the problems you face in life. Sense of humor can save you."
Margaret Cho"Humor that is edgy is never squeaky clean."
Jeff Ross"I love to laugh. A sense of humor is really important."
Jonathan Scott"With actors like Steve McQueen, Paul Newman and Harrison Ford, what made them such icons is that even in dramatic movies, their characters had a sense of humor."
Patrick Wilson"My friends on Twitter didn't abandon their beliefs or their principles - only their scorn. They channeled their infinitely justifiable offense and came to me with pointed questions tempered with kindness and humor. They approached me as a human being, and that was more transformative than two full decades of outrage, disdain, and violence. -Megan Phelps"
Roper"I do find the sibling connection endlessly fascinating, as I do all family dynamics. I like how siblings seem to create their own parentless mini-civilization within a family, one that has its own laws, myths, language, humor, its own loyalties and treacheries."
Jandy Nelson"True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper."
Thomas Carlyle"And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody? You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them."
Alan King"Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it."
Malcolm Muggeridge"I find intelligence sexy. I find a sense of humor sexy. I find sensitivity sexy."
Nicole Appleton"My life is part humor, part roses, part thorns."
Bret Michaels"One of the things that binds us as a family is a shared sense of humor."
Ralph Fiennes"Transparency, honesty, kindness, good stewardship, even humor, work in businesses at all times."
John Gerzema"I believe that singing is the key to long life, a good figure, a stable temperament, increased intelligence, new friends, super self-confidence, heightened sexual attractiveness, and a better sense of humor."
Brian Eno"You don't necessarily equate me with humor!"
Sean Bean"What we're doing is fun - if you have any sense of humor at all!"
Calvin Klein"In prehistoric times, mankind often had only two choices in crisis situations: fight or flee. In modern times, humor offers us a third alternative; fight, flee - or laugh."
Robert Orben"We're all screwed up. And the way Christians mess things up is we act like we've got it going on. And if we would just stay in that place of, 'Hey, we're all screwed up and but for the grace of God, none of us have a shot here.' We need to have a sense of humor about it; that's kind of the way I've always faced my comedy."
Jeff Foxworthy"There's something very authentic about humor, when you think about it. Anybody can pretend to be serious. But you can't pretend to be funny."
Billy Collins"One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter."
Francoise Sagan"A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life."
William Arthur Ward"Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing."
Allen Klein"Everybody I know who is funny, it's in them. You can teach timing, or some people are able to tell a joke, though I don't like to tell jokes. But I think you have to be born with a sense of humor and a sense of timing."
Carol Burnett"Confidence is at the root of so many attractive qualities, a sense of humor, a sense of style, a willingness to be who you are no matter what anyone else might think or say and it's true, I do have a certain fondness for women that have dark hair."
Wentworth Miller"I have no idea what a British sensibility or a British sense of humor is. I have no concept of what that is. I have no concept of what American sensibility is. I was born in Great Britain, but I was only there for six months, and we moved to Belgium, where I grew up."
Frank Oz"Dad needs to show an incredible amount of respect and humor and friendship toward his mate so the kids understand their parents are sexy, they're fun, they do things together, they're best friends. Kids learn by example. If I respect Mom, they're going to respect Mom."
Tim Allen"Everybody's got a different sense of humor. It's just different styles."
Colin Quinn"Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, Stephen Colbert. Those are the guys I look at who are telling me pretty much the truth. And they throw humor into it which makes it much more interesting to listen to."
Grace Slick"Everybody in my family had a real sick, twisted sense of humor. Most of the jokes we make in our house, we would just never even dream of making anywhere else. Just sick, horrible stuff. That wasn't anything new to college."
Seth MacFarlane"When humor can be made to alternate with melancholy, one has a success, but when the same things are funny and melancholic at the same time, it's just wonderful."
Francois Truffaut"I quite like dark humor."
Marina and the Diamonds"I wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed, and I wasn't the biggest, so I got real good at running my mouth and making people laugh and using humor as a way to not get into fights."
Rob Riggle"There's always a source for humor."
Calvin Trillin"Texas humor and Southern humor are pretty similar."
Daniel Woodrell"I come from a family of teasers myself. My grandfather was from Liverpool, and he had a dry sense of humor, and he would tease us terribly. My brother Beau was so skilled in his teasing that he could get a rise out of me by simply pointing at me."
Jeff Bridges"Being a Hot Mom means being respected as a mom and a woman. And, the key to being a Hot Mom is having a sense of humor about yourself and all the crazy situations that arise."
Jami Gertz"What a newspaper needs in its news, in its headlines, and on its editorial page is terseness, humor, descriptive power, satire, originality, good literary style, clever condensation, and accuracy, accuracy, accuracy!"
Joseph Pulitzer"Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him."
Romain Gary"Humor - I see it as a survival skill."
Jill McCorkle"There's humor in everything. There's gotta be humor in everything."
Amy Sedaris"Writing is not for me. I completely lose my sense of humor when I write. I become extremely pathetic, very sensational. Images give me possibilities that I don't have with words."
Marjane Satrapi"I'm still trying to figure out how to write about cancer and my family's experience with it. If I had been able to write 'The Pura Principle' back in those days, I'm positive it would have had no humor in it. Which means the story would have been false."
Junot Diaz"You have to fight for your marriage, do whatever it takes. The commitment has to be there. And if you don't have a sense of humor, I don't know how anybody makes it."
Kay Robertson"If you approach Cannes with a sense of humor, nothing is that bad. You have to take it for what it is; otherwise, it's silly."
Mathieu Amalric"I'm going to do a lot of weird stuff that's not going to be like me prancing around like an insane 12-year-old. I showed everybody that side of me and I think it's time to do different stuff, even when it comes down to the type of humor. I want to do some drier, weirder stuff."
Andy Milonakis"From sixteen to twenty, all women, kept in humor by their hopes and by their attractions, appear to be good-natured."
Samuel Richardson"I will say that as I get older and calmer and quieter in my own self, the one quality in a woman that I find more and more attractive is kindness. A sense of adventure and humor is important too, but I truly find kindness and consideration for others to be the most attractive thing in anyone."
Colin Farrell"OK, in all seriousness, I would say I couldn't be in a relationship without equality, generosity, integrity, spirit, kindness and humor. And awesomeness."
Jennifer Aniston"One question about a joke is, how well is the strangeness of the situation resolved? At 'The New Yorker', we retain a lot of incongruity, tapping the playful part of the mind - Monty Python-type stuff. We also try to use humor as a vehicle for communicating ideas. Not editorial comment, but observation."
Robert Mankoff"Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue."
Virginia Woolf"Nothing like a little judicious levity."
Robert Louis Stevenson"What a strange world this would be if we all had the same sense of humor."
Bernard Williams"Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections."
George Eliot"There's some sort of unspoken license... when outlandish things come out of an inanimate object, somehow it equals humor."
Jeff Dunham"The darker the film, the more vital everyone's sense of humor is on set."
Eric Bana"I want to have fun. Life ain't no dress rehearsal. I want to have fun. I'm a comedian; I ain't no politician. So everything I do is with humor, with love."
Bernie Mac"Humor is not a mood but a way of looking at the world. So if it is correct to say that humor was stamped out in Nazi Germany, that does not mean that people were not in good spirits, or anything of that sort, but something much deeper and more important."
Ludwig Wittgenstein"I never worry about people not taking my work seriously as a result of the humor. In the end, the comic's best trick is the illusion that comedy is effortless. That people imagine what he's doing is easy is an occupational hazard."
Richard Russo"Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of them will own up to a lack of humor?"
Frank Moore Colby"My sense of humor has saved me more than a couple of times in my life."
John Prine"Absurdity is my favorite brand of humor because deep down inside, in our subconscious, it's all surrealism. It's all abstract. The world is the surrealism, the absurdity, the humor - it all just overlaps."
Weyes Blood"If I ever have sex with someone I might be able to develop a sense of humor."
Kate Beckinsale"I think there's a little confusion between humor and 'gross' passing for humor. That's kind of regrettable, because they aren't the same thing."
Bob Newhart"I like George Carlin's jokes. I like his humor. He's one of my heroes, and I like what he did with talking about everyday things."
Steven Wright"I do not have a sense of humor of any recognizable sort."
Tommy Lee Jones"Keep your sense of humor, my friend; if you don't have a sense of humor it just isn't funny anymore."
Wavy Gravy"Bringing humor and bringing happiness and joy to an audience is a wonderful opportunity in life, believe me."
Angela Lansbury"I have been definitely influenced more by Latin American writers than by any other type of writer. They are very close in terms of voice - their humor, their fatalism, their... well, that over-used term 'magical realism.' It's a wonderful term that's just been used so much, we don't know what it means anymore."
Jessica Hagedorn"I find that people find a way out of misery through humor and it's humor that's often unacceptable to people who are not in quite such a state of misery."
Danny Boyle"A sense of humor is great - it goes a long, long way in a marriage."
Chris Rock"I don't indulge in double meaning humor."
Sajid Khan"I've got a sense of humor. I'm a funny guy."
Daryl Hall"Humor is based on the way a man looks at life's ironies, and being a member of a minority group can certainly be ironic."
Nipsey Russell"I failed to fulfill what should have been an interesting role. I couldn't take their formula and bring what I had, my humor, my ideas, and make it my own."
Dianne Wiest"I think it's part of the responsibility of an artist to shock, to upset, to make people think differently, and to surprise people. And that's where the good humor is, if there's a surprise and there's something unexpected. Something that's not normal, not in the realm of general living expectations."
Bill Plympton"I make fun of situations and try and find the humor in things, but it's never at the expense of the other guy."
Bob Uecker"Jerry Seinfeld is amazing in many ways, not the least of them his ability to find humor, and convincing us to find it, too, in the million-and-two details about modern life that under different circumstances might send us into paroxysms of rage."
Tom Shales"Ontologically, chocolate raises profoundly disturbing questions: Does not chocolate offer natural revelation of the goodness of the Creator just as chilies disclose a divine sense of humor? Is the human born with an innate longing for chocolate? Does the notion of chocolate preclude the concept of free will?"
David Augsburger"Humor comes from self-confidence."
Rita Mae Brown"Gags die, humor doesn't."
Jack Benny"Wit is the lowest form of humor."
Alexander Pope"The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself."
Oliver Goldsmith"I love Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart because they're bringing irony back into American humor, which is a delicious treat. The entire Colbert persona of being extreme right-wing when he's not at all is highly amusing. He does it so well, but sometimes a little too well. My wife is convinced he's completely that way."
John Lydon"I think that sense of humor is important in marriage. A sense of humor gets people through marriage."
Kyle Chandler"I have a very silly sense of humor. I've never laughed harder in my entire life than seeing someone with toilet paper stuck on the bottom of their shoe."
Paula Poundstone"I've always thought the word cow was funny. And cows are sort of tragic figures. Cows blur the line between tragedy and humor."
Gary Larson"Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion."
Thomas Browne"The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it."
Umberto Eco"I'm hoping that fans will enjoy finally having a 'SpongeBob' comic book from me. All the stories will be original and always true to the humor, characters, and universe of the 'SpongeBob SquarePants' series."
Stephen Hillenburg"The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies."
William Temple"I used to watch 'The Waltons' and sob because my family was nothing like that. We had a cruel sense of humor in my family."
Paula Poundstone"There's not a lot of other stuff I admire about his content, but there's something about Howard Stern and his perseverance in a very difficult industry. He does tickle me in certain ways with humor."
Ashleigh Banfield"My parents have always had a great sense of humor. And I really appreciate good humor in songs, witty lyrics that sneak up on you and then you listen again, and say: 'That's so funny.' John Prine's songs have always had this really witty tone."
Kacey Musgraves"A woman who knows that she doesn't have to get all decked out to look good is sexy. A woman who can make you feel smart with her conversation skills is also sexy. I believe the sense of humor is important."
Benedict Cumberbatch"Basically, I think you need two things to get by in this world: a sense of humor and the ability to laugh when your ego is destroyed."
Arlo Guthrie"Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society."
William Makepeace Thackeray"Celebrate your successes. Find some humor in your failures."
Sam Walton"A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man."
Catherine Deneuve"I love being Latina. I love our values, the way we're so in touch with others, our dark humor, how fun we are, how relaxed we are. I love how hard working, independent, and ambitious we are."
Eiza Gonzalez"I was always silly in high school. I used to always get in trouble because I was laughing. I've always thought I was funny but never thought I could use it to make money. In 1996, I decided I was going to use my humor to get on TV to make money."
Retta"I think I have always had a little humor."
Marilyn Monroe"At the risk of appearing disingenuous, I don't really think of myself as 'writing humor.' I'm simply reporting on the world I observe, which is frequently hilarious."
Richard Russo"Political correctness? In my humor, I never talk about politics. I was never much into all that."
Don Rickles"And for my family, comedically, that was the key to a lot of the humor."
Damon Wayans"People, I guess, generally come to see me do stand-up with a working knowledge of my broad sense of humor on 'The Daily Show'... I don't think anyone would mistake me as an actual anchor."
John Oliver"I think empathy is romantic. I think humor is romantic. Kindness is romantic. I think those kind of gestures of caring and love are romantic."
Michael Buble"Well, the most terrible fear that anybody should have is not war, is not a disease, not cancer or heart problems or food poisoning - it's a man or a woman without a sense of humor."
Jonathan Winters"Humor connects us, especially in politics. It's a way of surprising one another with shared context and experience."
Jon Lovett"Having a sense of humor is a part of being courageous. It's a source of strength."
Kerry Kennedy"I have my outlet for my humor through my characters, and I also have the intimacy of rapport with my fans that allows me to explain my philosophy and spirituality."
Flip Wilson"I think being funny is not anyone's first choice."
Woody Allen"Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost."
James Thurber"Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but it has no persuasive value at all."
John Kenneth Galbraith"You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance."
W. Somerset Maugham"A humorist is a person who feels bad, but who feels good about it."
Don Herold"All I know about humor is that I don't know anything about it."
Fred Allen"Wit and playfulness represent a desperately serious transcendence of evil. Humor is both a form of wisdom and a means of survival."
Tom Robbins"I'm really happy I went to a Catholic school because a lot of the repressive tactics they use make for great senses of humor."
Denis Leary"In some sort of crude sense, which no vulgarity, no humor, no overstatement can quite extinguish, the physicists have known sin; and this is a knowledge which they cannot lose."
J. Robert Oppenheimer"I've got a great sense of humor."
Anthony Hopkins"I've worked a lot in comedy. As much as I love playing dramatic roles, it's always nice to be able to have some humor around when working."
Tom Ellis"Humor is a very personal, subjective thing."
Shoojit Sircar"I can't begin to tell you how fulfilling the perennial nature of 'Elf' on television has been for me. It's great to be able to connect parents with children both emotionally and through humor."
Jon Favreau"I think one in five Americans has a disability of some sort. That's 20% of the population, and yet we rarely ever see people with disabilities on-screen, and their stories and their resilience and their zest for life and their humor and their humanity."
Hong Chau"Leonard Cohen has a way with words and with humor that remind me to lighten up, which I appreciate very much."
Damien Rice"Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all."
Anne Morrow Lindbergh"A good actor is someone who knows how to take the part and make it real and make it honest and be effective in it. If it's in a funny movie and, as long as they are cast in an appropriate way, humor will come from it."
Ivan Reitman"I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor."
William Gilmore Simms"I've always adored the filmmaker Sam Fuller. The first time I watched 'Shock Corridor' was such a magnificent discovery. I love his lack of subtlety, the way he tackles serious topics with bold and inappropriate humor."
Lisa Lutz"My humor tends to be a little more edgy than is appropriate for 'Twilight,' although I got some in there. That was fun! There's just a tonal difference. For me, storytelling is storytelling. But, I do like writing for grown ups."
Melissa Rosenberg"You know those things that you throw the twigs into and it spits them out? That's what I do. The branches are like life, and I throw them into my head and some of it comes out as humor."
Steven Wright"Being a caregiver requires infinite patience, physical and emotional strength, health care navigation skills, and a sense of humor - which can be hard to come by after sleepless nights and demanding days."
Rosalynn Carter"People who have very devastating lives sometimes have the most wild, avant-garde humor. It's like when you've seen it all and been through it all, nothing is off-limits in a way."
Jenny Zhang"Humor's a weapon if you want to make it one."
Bob Newhart"Things can be funny only when we are in fun. When we're 'dead earnest,' humor is the only thing that is dead."
Flip Wilson"For me, the biggest thing I've learned is how to be myself and the fact that viewers actually want to feel like they're getting to know you as a person. They value you because you're a reporter and you're bringing them new information, but they also want to feel like they get a sense of your sense of humor and what things you're interested in."
Kasie Hunt"Humor helps people open up."
Roger von Oech"To me, sadness and humor aren't disrelated and humor is the best tool I've had against the sadness in my life."
Mike Mills"Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor."
Stephen Hawking"I think it's hilarious at 40 years old to bring out my roller skates from 'Starlight Express.' I find the humor and even the sadness in it hilarious and something to celebrate."
Jane Krakowski"The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter."
Alice Meynell"I've learned to have a sense of humor about myself. Lord knows everyone else does!"
Debbie Gibson"Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out."
Ambrose Bierce"In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge."
George Herbert"Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals."
Agnes Repplier"You can't do anything to be funny. That's cringeworthy. If your humor comes out of a place of love every time, you don't make the joke bigger than you. The funniest comedians are in touch with their emotional level."
John Krasinski"I'm happy to say that at 62, I think I've reached that point where stuff doesn't bother me as much, and my gratitude level has gone way up, especially having gone through the loss that I've had, and losing so many of the great artists that I was close to. They taught me how to see it with a grain of salt and a lot of humor and perspective."
Bonnie Raitt"A strong sense of humor, a really awesome personality, and maturity is also really important in a boyfriend. I tend to only be attracted to older guys for that reason. I just love guys who have a really strong sense of who they are."
Elizabeth Gillies"I think my sense of humor is Jewish. I'm smarter than most white people, which is kind of a Jewish thing, too."
Jim Goad"My dad instilled in me a great sense of humor. I wasn't bullied at school because my outward attitude was confident, and that helps."
Warwick Davis"It doesn't take many people to have a bad sense of humor to get in trouble at a corporation."
Scott Adams"There's not too much Edge in Adam Copeland, but there's a little bit of my sarcasm and my sense of humor, I guess, but I'm not a sleazy, raving maniac like the character of Edge could be."
Edge"Gallows humor is part of our coping mechanism. It's part of our grief process. If we don't know what else to do, we laugh. That's a very real thing."
James Roday"There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of humor, and that he has never known trouble."
Sinclair Lewis"Well, I mean, if a joke or humor is bawdy, it's got to be funny enough to warrant it. You can't just have it bawdy or dirty just for the sake of being that - it's got to be funny."
Betty White"Self-deprecating humor and brutal honesty is a really freeing thing."
Margo Price"On April 3, 2014, Jane Goodall turned 80. The iconic blond ponytail has gone gray, but the sparkle of intelligence, sly humor, and fierce dedication still shines from her hazel eyes."
David Quammen"Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison."
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield"If you get a diagnosis, get on a therapy, keep a good attitude and keep your sense of humor."
Teri Garr"You are not just a funny person or just a journalist. Most people are hybrids of having a smart opinion and a great sense of humor."
Katie Nolan"It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment."
Freeman Dyson"There's a certain type of character that you can't help but come in contact with growing up and living in Brooklyn and Long Island. A certain mixture of moxie, heart, and a wise guy sense of humor."
Steve Buscemi"In sitcoms, the women are so beautiful, understanding and well-bred. They have humor, but sort of display it with a twinkle of the eye and not a guffaw. But there's no juice in that for me."
Bea Arthur"Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor."
E. B. White"The real important things are kindness and a sense of humor. I've been fortunate to have dated and could have easily married women who have those qualities, and time and circumstances didn't work out. Timing plays a big part."
Hill Harper"I love the Swedish people for their detective novels, their archipelago, their sense of humor, their carbonated vodka, and most especially, for their wonderful hospitality."
Michael Levitt"A lot of celebrities have a sense of humor, and combined with an outrageous event, sometimes the sky's the limit!"
Chris March"If you look back, Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven were mixing music and humor all the time. -Richard Hyung"
ki Joo"The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature."
Alfred North Whitehead"I don't need someone with a hot body. He can be fat or overweight and have a belly. It's very much about style and substance and humor, interest, curiosity and really being smart."
Kate Walsh"Everyone needs an escape, whether that is through music or humor. My personal escape is through both of those things so I thought why not combine them? But not in a cringe way, I don't want to make parody songs. I just want my music to have a humorous edge to it."
Ashnikko"In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming."
Alanis Morissette"As I get older, my sense of humor is my biggest asset."
David Alan Grier"Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn."
Irvin S. Cobb"One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you."
Larry Gelbart"This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought."
Lin Yutang"You can't be funny if you don't have good material."
Matt LeBlanc"Everyone is flailing through this life without an owner's manual, with whatever modicum of grace and good humor we can manage."
Anne Lamott"Humor can be one of our best survival tools."
Allen Klein"My legacy would be that you don't have to give up anything. You can be chic but have a sense of humor, you can be sexy but comfortable, you can be timeless but fresh."
Michael Kors"I think probably the qualities that I look for in a man are somewhat different than they were before I became a public person, but not that much different. I think that, sort of, the element of trust is certainly much bigger for me, but the other things that - the other qualities, intelligence and kindness and sense of humor, those things."
Monica Lewinsky"Humor and laughter - not necessarily derogatory derision - are my pet tools. This may come from my general philosophy of never taking the world too seriously - for fear of dying of boredom."
Marcel Duchamp"Poop humor is fun. If you do the toilet scenes well and commit to them, they can be really, really powerful."
Sandra Bullock"I like a man who can be a real friend, has a good sense of humor, a good pair of shoes and a healthy gold card."
Victoria Beckham"As far as the sexy quotient goes, I think it's not just the physical attributes or money, but talent, a great personality coupled with a good sense of humor that matters. The last quality is especially important to me."
Shibani Dandekar"Never make a joke or try for humor at someone else's expense. In a high-stakes environment, everyone needs to feel safe."
Alan Mulally"I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them."
Vera Farmiga"Confidence and a good sense of humor can usually win a chick over."
Danny McBride"I realized over the years if I'm writing about humor, irony, satire, I much prefer to do that in English. And if there is sorrow, melancholy, longing, I much prefer to do that in Turkish. Each language has its own strength to me, and I feel connected and attached to both Turkish and English. I dream in more than one language."
Elif Safak"I'll speak for myself, but there's a lot of humor to be found in sarcasm and darkness. You talk to any paramedic, they survive by developing a pretty off-kilter sense of humor."
Nicolas Cage"There are just certain things that turn my head. It may be a girl's sense of humor, it may be her wit, or her belief system; it could be a lot of different things."
Jensen Ackles"Back in 2004, Kellie Overbey handed me her play 'Girl Talk' to read. I fell in love with her brutally delicious humor and the fearlessly deft way in which she drew her characters. They jumped off the page and begged me to give them a space in which to stomp around."
Carrie Preston"I couldn't really take a girl from Berlin to live in Leeds. I love it here. I miss the Yorkshire sense of humor and things like bitter and Yorkshire puddings, but I can still get my hands on salt 'n' vinegar crisps."
Sam Riley"You've got to have a sense of humor to keep your sanity."
Lance Bass"Sometimes I make myself laugh, but that's because I appreciate my sense of humor."
Regina Hall"Our subconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes and cannot tell the difference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What we continually think about eventually will manifest in our lives."
Robert Collier"My wife is Swedish, so I'm familiar with the Scandinavian kind of odd humor. It's very dark and very deadpan."
Cory Barlog"We get to live in a time that we get to use social media as a tool. It's not just a face on a piece of paper, and that's what makes you someone's favorite model. We can have a very similar sense of humor as someone, and that's why we're their favorite model, or our personal style, off the runway, is why we're their favorite."
Gigi Hadid"In the household in which I was raised, the themes were pretty simple. 'Work hard. Don't quit. Be appreciative, be thankful, be grateful, be respectful. Also, never whine, never complain. And always, for crying out loud, keep a sense of humor.'"
Michael Keaton"The book, '12 Rules For Life,' is a very serious book. There's elements of humor in it, but I'm trying to struggle with things at the deepest possible level and to explain to people why it's necessary to live a upstanding and noble and moral and truthful and responsible life, and why there's hell to pay if you don't do that."
Jordan Peterson"My two big date deal breakers are someone with no sense of humor and someone who chews badly. I will never be with someone who never laughs or someone who chews disgustingly, so if either of those things are detected on a date - it's a total deal breaker."
Elizabeth Gillies"Commingling keenly felt emotion, madcap humor, and retina-bursting visuals, 'Missing Link' is a kaleidoscopic cinematic experience unlike any other."
Travis Knight"It's hard to force creativity and humor."
Al Yankovic"The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit."
William Temple"Me myself, Brian, I'm a Midwesterner at heart, and I have this deep, bone-dry sense of humor, and I've found it worked to combine this Barbie with a dry, sarcastic man."
Trixie Mattel"From the ages of 12 to 35 my body, not my mind, was my primary currency. My ideas, my humor, my curiosity - none of those were valued as much as my body, which preceded me into almost every room."
Amanda de Cadenet"Humor must not professedly teach and it must not professedly preach, but it must do both if it would live forever."
Mark Twain"I've always been really dark, and drawn to darker humor. Nothing has been forced, and I don't say anything for shock value."
Amy Schumer"There was a time I was very much blaming the way I felt on L.A, that it was a vacuum of creativity, of humor or anything organic, and I was really angry at the place. But then today I feel completely different - I love L.A.!"
Naomi Watts"I got my sense of humor from my grandmother. You know, my grandmother was very funny."
Paul Mooney"I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place."
Vera Farmiga"Low' was probably the album that influenced me more than any other, because of how it combined humor and impressive, glamorous, driving energy with this totally surreal soundscape production."
Caroline Polachek"In looking for humor, keep in mind this guideline: Sometimes it takes a little time to see the humor in your upsets; you may not find something to laugh about immediately."
Allen Klein"I have never believed much in luck, and my sense of humor has tended to walk on the dark side."
Hunter S. Thompson"I think humor is a very serious thing. I use it as a way of weakening the reader's defenses so that I can more easily take him to something more."
William Collins"If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you've created a special little thing, and that's what I'm looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything."
Paul Simon"Puns are a form of humor with words."
Guillermo Cabrera Infante"Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit."
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel"If it gets laughs, it's funny."
Rachel Dratch"I love a man with a great sense of humor and who is intelligent - a man who has a great smile. He has to make me laugh. I like a man who is very ambitious and driven and who has a good heart and makes me feel safe. I like a man who is very strong and independent and confident - that is very sexy - but at the same time, he's very kind to people."
Nicole Scherzinger"What we've discovered is that Americans seem to love our saucy humor."
Benny Hill"It's how you define yourself. It's not Nirvana or Pearl Jam: it's, 'Do you watch 'Portlandia' or 'Amy Schumer'?' It relates to a specific sense of humor. And, 'Do you know the hidden gems?' Like, if you knew the Pixies in the '80s."
Jonathan Krisel"In our most desperate times, people going through true hardships use humor to cope."
Sean Baker"Humor can inform and break down stigma, which is a huge issue in the military."
Garry Trudeau"Some people say my humor focuses too much on stereotypes. It doesn't. It focuses on facts."
Sarah Silverman"I really hate sitcoms on television with canned laughter and stuff. What really makes me laugh is the real-life stuff. I've got a dry sense of humor."
Katie Price"If you're feeling blue, lock yourself in a room, stand in front of a mirror, and dance - and laugh at yourself and be sexy. Dance the silliest and ugliest you've ever danced. Make fun of yourself and try to recover your sense of humor."
Salma Hayek"Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise myself. And when I surprise myself, I wind up laughing."
Kara Walker"Denzel Washington has a great sense of humor. He did all those 'Nutty Professor' movies."
Seth MacFarlane"I think 'Country Girl' is one song that can veer into country or hip-hop or rap. You can listen to it and enjoy the humor and the fun in it."
Luke Bryan"Any attempts at humor immediately after September 11th were deemed tasteless."
Allen Klein"I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor."
Horatio Nelson"Humor in a relationship is so important. Many women will say that. Some say, 'If they can make you laugh, it's the sexiest thing on earth.'"
Helen Mirren"What you see on stage is pretty much the way I am... a dry sense of humor."
Bob Newhart"Humor is the truth; wit is an exaggeration of the truth."
Stan Laurel"My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life has so much humor."
Manuel Puig"We do not take humor seriously enough."
Konrad Lorenz"I never think I want to try to be funny. And humor, if there is anything funny, should come from a real place."
Molly Shannon"My paintings capture the humor, zaniness, and depth of the Batman villains as well as the Freudian motivations of Batman as an all-too-human, venerable, and funny vigilante superhero."
Adam West"My dad had a great sense of humor; he was a very funny guy and did know how to laugh."
Mary L. Trump"Once we got over the origin story, we could really delve deeper into their lives and characters and angst. So this movie actually has more heart, more humor."
Avi Arad"Newspaper people, once celebrated as founts of ribald humor and uncouth fun, have of late lost all their gaiety, and small wonder."
Russell Baker"It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions, but the humor process is involved in changing them."
Edward de Bono"I came to work one day, and Ricky was playing music on his guitar, just snickering. He played me the riff that turned out to be 'Rock Lobster,' and it was hilarious. He was just trying to be funny. His guitar style made it moodier, and it really is a driving song, but it does have that funny humor to it."
Cindy Wilson"It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal."
Edgar Rice Burroughs"I'm a Jewish son of Russian-Hungarian heritage parents. Humor was very important. My whole goal was to make my parents laugh. And my whole strategy as a young man was, if I could make them laugh, I could have enough time to figure out what to do next."
Jeffrey Tambor"I personally have dealt with any adversity in my life with humor. That's why I told America to 'Read my hips!' on 'Dancing With the Stars' or was happy to play along with Jason Alexander and Jerry Seinfeld in the great restaurant scene on 'Seinfeld.'"
Marlee Matlin"Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up."
Allen Klein"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style."
Maya Angelou"My father had a great sense of humor. He wasn't only the Man in Black. He said it himself in the song 'Man in Black:' 'Ah, I'd love to wear a rainbow every day.' He was a man of hope."
John Carter Cash"Always have a sense of humor about life - you'll need it - but always be courteous to boot."
Peter Jennings"Indonesian people don't get satire; that's the thing. There's no thought in our humor."
Rich Brian"Laughter, and the broader category of humor, are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss."
Allen Klein"'Blithe Spirit' is played almost all over Britain somewhere at all times because it is such a unique and ridiculously funny show. But it's also, in fact, under those layers of humor, a very serious show. It's quite misogynistic."
Angela Lansbury"I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally, there are exceptions... the Jewish, Italian, and Irish humor of the East Coast."
Colin Firth"So once I thought of the villain with a sense of humor, I began to think of a name and the name "the Joker" immediately came to mind. There was the association with the Joker in the deck of cards, and I probably yelled literally, 'Eureka!' because I knew I had the name and the image at the same time."
Jerry Robinson"'War on Everyone,' I think... the script was hilarious to me, but it's very dark, dark humor. It's super dark."
Michael Pena"My favorite kind of humor is basically, if it was happening to you, it wouldn't be funny, but to observe it, it's hilarious."
Bill Burr"Humor, for me, is really a gate of departure. It's a way of enticing a reader into a poem so that less funny things can take place later. It really is not an end in itself, but a means to an end."
Billy Collins"I'm actually a perpetual 13-year-old. I've never advanced beyond 13. Every day, tomorrow is my 14th birthday. That's my kind of humor."
Terry Crews"People who know me, they know I have a sense of humor, I'm a bit of a joker, a bit of a clown really, and I would love someone to exploit that side of me and send me a romantic comedy."
Gary Oldman"I think kids want the same thing from a book that adults want - a fast-paced story, characters worth caring about, humor, surprises, and mystery. A good book always keeps you asking questions, and makes you keep turning pages so you can find out the answers."
Rick Riordan"I love people who have a good sense of humor, tell a good story, tell a good joke."
Jason Statham"The Good Humor man can only be pushed so far."
Nancy Cartwright"I want someone who can keep me on my toes, has a good sense of humor and a good heart."
Carmen Electra"My sense of humor lies a little closer to the middle."
Jason Bateman"Jesus must have had a sense of humor. I like to think of Him as a guy who got people to listen to Him by leaving them laughing and chuckling with one another."
Bil Keane"My books are shelved in different places, depending on the bookstore. Sometimes they can be found in the Mystery section, sometimes in the Humor department, and occasionally even in the Literature aisle, which is somewhat astounding."
Carl Hiaasen"I think humor is used a lot of the time to keep people from getting too close. Humor side-steps and shifts the meaning."
Bruce Nauman"I have five boys in the family, and it's constant competition, sport, humor, and practical jokes."
Mitt Romney"The most terrible fear that anybody should have is not war, is not a disease, not cancer or heart problems or food poisoning - it's a man or a woman without a sense of humor."
Jonathan Winters"Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world of contentment, drunkenness, and good humor, to a state of chronic edginess and the perpetual scanning of bank statements."
J. G. Ballard"I really believe if you give people a product that couples entertainment with a little bit of education, a soft glove and sense of humor - especially about a subject people have begun to feel very frustrated about, which is the legal system - then you have a formula for success."
Judy Sheindlin"I used to be neurotic. I didn't like myself very much. But somewhere in my mid-40s, my neuroses stopped seeming so important. I developed a sense of humor."
Joanne Woodward"I grew up a skinny kid with a funny last name and coke bottle glasses, so I experienced my fair share of bullies. But I learned, with the help of humor and resilience, to never give up."
John Hickenlooper"I have a good sense of humor. I think everything we do should have whimsy in it."
Judith Leiber"There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so philosophical that he could see the toothache in his own humor."
H. L. Mencken"I love practical jokes and humor. That there's frankly no joke that I don't think is funny. I love practical jokes, but I don't like being scared."
Mitt Romney"And I loved Fats Waller. I love his instrumental abilities, his vocal abilities and his sense of humor."
Paul McCartney"Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies. If you have a good sense of humor and a good approach to life, that's beautiful."
Rashida Jones"It's your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don't take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver."
Betty White"Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, don't judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family."
Madonna Ciccone"I think the sexiest thing about a woman is confidence, but confidence in a humble way, not in an arrogant way. Sense of humor is definitely important. And sunglasses always hide a multitude of sins. Sunglasses and a great pair of heels can turn most outfits around."
Victoria Beckham"You're not going to see my sense of humor on the football field. That's not a place for me to joke around."
Tom Brady"I wore goofy hats to school and did musical theater. Most people thought I was a dork. But if you have a sense of humor about it, no one can bring you down."
Zac Efron"As fandom grew more variegated, genzines reflected a broadening of interests, carrying personal columns of humor and reflection, science articles, amateur fiction, stylish gossip, and inevitably, thoughtful pieces on the future of fandom."
Gregory Benford"A book without potty humor is like a banana split without hot fudge. It can still be good, I suppose, but you kinda get the feeling that something is missing."
Dav Pilkey"Someone asked me what the key to being a good frontman was, and I think having a sense of humor about it is pretty near the top of that list. It's a very strange place to be in, and I don't take that role too seriously."
Alex Turner"Lucifer has a sense of fun about life; he just likes to play with people. But the sense of humor of the show is what makes the show entertaining as opposed to dark."
Tom Ellis"There is a collective as well as an individual humor inclining peoples to sadness or cheerfulness, making them see things in bright or somber lights. In fact, only society can pass a collective opinion on the value of human life; for this the individual is incompetent."
Emile Durkheim"'Guardians of the Galaxy' is tongue-in-cheek and has a sense of humor about itself. But it's nothing like 'Deadpool.' 'Deadpool' is this super-bizarre thing. The best thing about it is that it's R-rated."
T. J. Miller"Sure, I am funny and have a good sense of humor. Mostly, though, I just tell the truth. The internal dialogue people have in their heads - I just write it."
Kara Swisher"My mom is just authentically herself all the time. She loves herself. She loves her sense of humor. She brings people in when she talks. She brings people in when she laughs. Watching her, I think that that's when I first learned and was encouraged to be myself and to sort of love and live in that way."
Christen Press"Those years on the golf course as a caddie, boy, those people were something. They were vulgar, some were alcoholics, racist, they were very difficult people to deal with. A lot of them didn't have a sense of humor."
Martin Sheen"I think the humor of double puns is incredible."
Richard Lederer"I need a woman to have a quirky sense of humor. There's a bunch of jokes I use, and if she doesn't get them, she's probably not for me."
Matthew Perry"The comics that are just conversing with you up there and drawing on their own life, yeah, I guess so. I guess some do political humor, some do topical humor, but the ones that I like, the ones that are appealing to me, were guys who were just talking to you about their life."
Ray Romano"Humor has to surprise us; otherwise, it isn't funny. It's a death knell for a writer to be labeled a humorist because then it's not a surprise anymore."
Garrison Keillor"The man with the real sense of humor is the man who can put himself in the spectator's place and laugh at his own misfortune."
Bert Williams"People in real life don't get ballplayers' humor, the way we talk in the clubhouse."
Justin Verlander"Humor is the ability to see three sides to one coin."
Ned Rorem"Humor is an antidote to all ills."
Patch Adams"Suspense is very important. Even though this is humor and they're short stories, that theory of building suspense is still there."
Sergio Aragones"I realized women and humor were linked very closely."
Craig Ferguson"I need to end up with someone who is strong, intelligent, independent, someone I really admire - sensitive, sensuous, warm, a sense of humor."
Pam Dawber"There are so many things to talk about between black people, Hispanic people, white people, gay people, men, women, it's all based on fear. We all have fears, this thing that stops us from embracing as we are one. We are never going to be one. People are messed up, but humor lets us see how ignorant we can be."
Marlon Wayans"Hateful words stand no chance against self-worth and a little of humor."
Iskra Lawrence"However, frat-boy humor is funny and it always will be."
Craig Kilborn"It's amazing how these little guys can say things that a mortal human could never get away with. There's some sort of unspoken license... when outlandish things come out of an inanimate object, somehow it equals humor."
Jeff Dunham"I always felt different as a kid, and the Kinks were like, 'Yeah, we're the Kinks.' Celebrate your difference; don't be afraid of your sense of humor, or your personality, or who you are. It emboldened me."
Michael Weatherly"My mom taught me the power of love. I learned to focus on the long-term big picture from my father. His sense of humor and light-hearted approach always make me smile. My husband is a pivotal anchor in my life. His influence encourages me to be independent and take risks."
Padmasree Warrior"I've never met a person who has more integrity than my husband. I respect that. There's his humor and intelligence, too, and he's really cute, all those things - but if you don't respect your partner, you'll get sick of him."
Michelle Pfeiffer"There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it."
Miguel de Cervantes"The humor section is the last place an author wants to be. They put your stuff next to collections of Cathy cartoons."
David Sedaris"I was born in England - though both of my parents are American - and there's something about the 'Muppets' where they have this combination of English and American humor."
Nicholas Stoller"Sometimes the only way to deal with horrific things in life is through a dark sense of humor."
Margaret Cho"Total absence of humor renders life impossible."
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette"With humor, it's so subjective that trying to think of what the ideal reader would think would drive you crazy."
Calvin Trillin"People with a sense of humor tend to be less egocentric and more realistic in their view of the world and more humble in moments of success and less defeated in times of travail."
Bob Newhart"We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator... Some would say certain of these refer to the stereotypical, or 'stage' Jew. But objectively speaking, the only crime in humor is an unfunny joke."
Alan King"I find humor to be the most attractive characteristic, but I certainly won't cancel anything out, considering when you love someone you love someone, and sometimes you just can't explain it."
Zoey Deutch"I don't try to sanction other people's joy in monsters. I mean, I think the fact is, humor, fantasy - you know, like fear, desire or laughter - create genres of their own: comedy, melodrama, or erotic films or horror films... The boundaries cannot be defined. It's to each his own."
Guillermo del Toro"I majored in extracurriculars, honestly. I joined the Harvard Stand Up Comedy Society, which is a ragtag band of misfits. I wrote for 'On Harvard Time,' which was a student TV show trying to be 'The Daily Show.' And I wrote a humor column for 'The Crimson' starting my sophomore year."
Alexandra Petri"The key to humor is often self-loathing or sarcasm. In a sense, that's how self-loathing is made palatable."
James Gray"My childhood, adolescence and high school days are unusually important. If there has ever been a time that I developed a uniqueness and sense of humor and the ability to organize, it was then. In those early days, I developed the skills that gave me a certain degree of success in American politics."
Lee Atwater"I don't happen to have a sense of humor personally, so I don't know what's funny about a character... This happens to be a feature of my life generally."
Wallace Shawn"I love the diversity of America. I love the plain, normal sense of humor Americans have. It is not wicked, like in some countries. And I also love how new America is."
Antonio Banderas"I like the brooding man - a brooding man with a sense of humor."
Maira Kalman"If this humor be the safety of our race, then it is due largely to the infusion into the American people of the Irish brain."
William Howard Taft"Americans are pragmatic, relatively uncomplicated, hearty and given to broad humor."
Herb Caen"They say you don't want to meet your heroes, but those two guys, you do want to meet them, because they do not disappoint. Walken has this amazing sense of humor, and Pacino is like just a sweetheart of a guy."
Bill Burr"When we can find some humor in our upsets, they no longer seem as large or as important as they once did."
Allen Klein"Maybe there's a chance to get back to grown-up films. Anything that uses humor and dramatic values to deal with human emotions and gets down to what people are to people."
Robert Altman"We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor."
Bobby Clarke"Good late-night humor can work at any time of the day."
Rich Eisen"I have a great sense of humor, I mean even when my meme came out I reposted it. I didn't care. I was laughing, too!"
Skai Jackson"Humor is the most important thing in life. It trumps everything else, and it's the only thing that helps me deal with everything else."
Paul Rudd"I translated an Emile Zola book, 'The Belly of Paris,' because I didn't find an existing translation that captured his sense of humor. Humor is the first victim of translation."
Mark Kurlansky"As far as humor goes, I've always been a very insecure person and I've always wanted to be liked."
Peter Steele"Humor disarms people. It opens them up to starting a dialogue about things they wouldn't normally talk about. I don't understand how people who don't have a sense of humor get through life."
Zach Anner"I think Damien Hirst is hilarious. And I think he's a true artist. He's not hilarious first; I think he is a real artist, and I also think he's got an amazing sense of humor."
Jemima Kirke"But it also became the experience, or was the experience, of the writers who were attracted to this kind of humor. They're all men or women who come from the same kind of experience in their own lives."
Norman Lear"In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue."
Thomas Jefferson"I think all good drama is funny. All the best drama is ultimately very funny. Life is funny. You can't have any honest treatise on life without bumping into some humor."
Thomas Jane"Yeah, I definitely tend towards dry, sarcastic British humor. I actually aspire to be British - I'm pasty white as well."
Daryl Morey"Poor David Hume is dying fast, but with more real cheerfulness and good humor and with more real resignation to the necessary course of things, than any whining Christian ever dyed with pretended resignation to the will of God."
Adam Smith"Good acting is thinking in front of the camera. I just do that and apply a sense of humor to it. You have to trust the audience to get it."
Charles Grodin"Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor."
Eric Sevareid"Humor is to get us over terrible things."
Ricky Gervais"If you can appeal to another person's sense of humor, you can introduce ideas, thoughts, things that they may disagree with or not believe in. At least they'll listen."
Rocky Carroll"Cynicism is humor in ill health."
H. G. Wells"Insult is powerful. Insult begets both rage and humor and often at the same time."
Suzanne Fields"I met Woz when I was 13, at a friend's garage. He was about 18. He was, like, the first person I met who knew more electronics than I did at that point. We became good friends, because we shared an interest in computers and we had a sense of humor. We pulled all kinds of pranks together."
Steve Jobs"Often people write stories about people who are suffering, and they're miserable all the time. That's not the case. You go to the food bank or wherever and there's laughter, there's comedy, there's stupidity, there's silliness and warmth. And that's the reality of people's lives. If you cut out that sense of humor and warmth, you miss the point."
Ken Loach"Putting a little time aside for clean fun and good humor is very necessary to relieve the tensions of our time."
Hattie McDaniel"Absurdity is what I like most in life, and there's humor in struggling in ignorance. If you saw a man repeatedly running into a wall until he was a bloody pulp, after a while it would make you laugh because it becomes absurd."
David Lynch"Anybody with a sense of humor is going to put on my album and laugh from beginning to end."
Eminem"In Buddhism, they say attachment to anything only leads to suffering. So when we laugh, it's our way of saying, 'I'm unattached to that.' You're tickled by it, it makes your lobes do something on their own. So humor is very important to me. I always take that to the stage first."
Jason Mraz"Negative humor is forgotten immediately. It's the stuff that makes us feel better about our lives that lives long. Much more satisfying. Enter children's books."
Berkeley Breathed"Think about scary movies: There's a fine line between horror and humor."
Roy Blount, Jr."The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion."
Franklin D. Roosevelt"Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn't: Go stick your head in the mud."
Jesse Ventura"Most humor comes from truth. In the end, if I can laugh about it, who cares?"
Bianca Del Rio"When humor works, it works because it's clarifying what people already feel. It has to come from someplace real."
Tina Fey"No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge"Using no control and using humor will build a relationship and make a dent to where the client puts the counselor in their quality world and then begins to relate and seek out the counselor. Effective therapy begins with the acceptance of the therapist into the client's quality world."
William Glasser"There's a hysterical, tired sense of humor that comes after working 14 hours a day, six days a week. I like those things because they take the pressure off the constant stress."
Tom Berenger"Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor."
John Lithgow"It's always the girl comedy and the guy comedy. It bums me out. You'd think there'd be a progression, from James L. Brooks and Nora Ephron into more subtle humor and behavior and psychology. All these interesting things people can learn about themselves by watching talented writers comment intelligently on someone else's emotional life."
Parker Posey"Cathy was the first widely syndicated humor strip created by a woman. The strip was pretty revolutionary at the time not only because it starred a female, but also because it was so emotionally honest about all the conflicting feelings many women had in 1976."
Cathy Guisewite"I was that weird kid that checked out all of the non-fiction paranormal studies books from the library. I've always been fascinated by the supernatural, particularly movies and TV shows that manage to blend humor with the horror - 'Supernatural', 'Buffy', 'Angel.'"
Molly Harper"Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?"
Dick Clark"Kindness is really important to me in finding my own prince - so are patience and a sense of humor. Without those qualities he's no Prince Charming!"
Anne Hathaway"One seldom expects the country's president to adequately note the passing of a rocker, but Jimmy Carter's assessment of Elvis Presley's appeal - 'energy, rebelliousness and good humor' - is remarkably close to the mark."
Molly Ivins"I tried to go out for theater or theater arts, but I was too scared or too intimidated. But I had a lot of friends on the cross country team that had great senses of humor."
Dana Carvey"Both conservatives and liberals watch 'Parks and Recreation,' and they each think the show is for them, which is really cool. 'SNL' was totally different. It was exciting because everyone was paying attention. Political humor works when people know what you're talking about."
Amy Poehler"The love of truth lies at the root of much humor."
Robertson Davies"Anyone in the humor business isn't thinking clearly if he doesn't surround himself with idea people. Otherwise, you settle for mediocrity - or you burn yourself out."
Hank Ketcham"I like bawdy humor. I love bawdy humor, but not dirty humor."
Betty White"Michael Pollan is a champion. In all ways. A man of great integrity, humor, and common sense and kindness."
Maira Kalman"I wrote a show - just as a joke, actually - and called it 'Bipolar, Bath, & Beyond,' just to bring some humor to it. I wasn't saying to myself that I'll 'come out' with it - I didn't think there was anything to 'come out' with - I was just writing another one-woman show about my life."
Jenifer Lewis"I have a really dry sense of humor. I don't think it's funny when people wink at the camera. That's more of an actor thing, just committing to whatever the thing is."
Topher Grace"I don't know how many sacred cows there are today. I think there's a little confusion between humor and gross passing for humor. That's kind of regrettable."
Bob Newhart"My humor is a lot like Kristen Wiig's from 'Saturday Night Live' or 'Bridesmaids.' Quirky, off the beaten path."
Nicole Ari Parker"Humor is healing."
Brad Garrett"I wasn't shy, but I was really hyper. Nobody got my sense of humor. I was a black skater kid."
Tyler, The Creator"A man's man is respectful, he's honorable, he's loyal, he's sensitive, he's strong, he's tough, he's well-groomed, he has a sense of humor - and he takes care of himself and his lady."
Frank Vincent"I have this horrible sense of humor where I think discomfort is funny - partly because I experience discomfort a lot, and it's a way of laughing at it and getting a release."
Joaquin Phoenix"I did the 'Bionic Woman,' which of course had a lot of humor in it, and that was really a function of a lot of the ad-libbing and the things that I did in it."
Lindsay Wagner"Ad agencies do all kinds of market research that ask people what they think they want, and instead, you should be creating things that you want. If you do something and you get it, the rest of the world will get it, too. Trust your own instincts, your own intellect, and your own sense of humor."
George Lois"I can't not put humor in a book."
Albert Brooks"Maybe the bar is low, but most of the strips that are 50, 60, 70 years old that are on their second or third generation of artists, the humor is pretty bland. There are others by people that were raised on 'Family Guy' or 'South Park' that are edgier. Mine's not as edgy as those, but it's edgier than 'Beetle Bailey.'"
Stephan Pastis"The New Zealand sense of humor is tough and realistic. Jokes are not surreal; they are about life and death and tough decisions."
Anthony McCarten"It's always amazed me how little attention philosophers, psychologists, or anyone else actually has paid to humor."
Edward de Bono"But if you read Jane Austen, you know that she had a wicked sense of humor. Not only was she funny, but her early writing was very dark and had a gothic tone to it. -Seth Grahame"
Smith"Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other."
Al Franken"This is a feminist bookstore. There is no humor section."
John Callahan"That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you."
A. Whitney Brown"Even in the middle of tragedy, we find moments of humor, moments of tenderness, of simple happiness."
Josh Holloway"I thought I was going to be known for my humor. But then I had an idea for a story, which was absolutely not humorous. But, of course, that's the one that sells and becomes big."
Jay Asher"I don't think my sense of humor has changed at all; I was born with this, for better or for worse."
Ivan Reitman"I was a product of a divorced family and I used humor as a weapon to combat sadness. I used comedy to make my mother laugh in light of the darkness that she faced, and to me it became a very powerful tool at a very young age, at six. I saw how therapeutic it could be."
Josh Gad"I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way."
John Zorn"Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power."
Josh Tillman"There are different kinds of humor, some is sarcastic, some introspective. Introspective fit my personality better."
Rita Rudner"My dad has a dry, deadpan sense of humor, and my mom has an unexpected, wacky take on things. They really encouraged laughing at ourselves and the weirdness of situations that come up growing up in politics."
Kristin Gore